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Nearly
60 per cent of two-wheeler users "instinctively" answer
mobile phones on ride while 14 per cent of pedestrians click selfies
crossing the road, finds out a survey. Sixty four per cent
pedestrians regularly do this and 18 per cent immediately respond to
a call from their superior at work, even while switching sides on the
road. That is only one part of the story. One in every three car
drivers tends to send out an important text message, stated the
survey conducted by consumer goods maker Samsung across 12 cities in
India. There is one road accident in every four minutes in India, it
added, citing government data. "11 per cent of two-wheeler
riders would always answer their phone when on the road, regardless
of who was calling, 30 per cent would respond to calls from family
while 18 per cent of the riders responded to work-related calls,"
it added. In addition, 23 per cent of two-wheeler riders admitted to
reading and replying to texts or social media updates…

Commerce
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said Congress Vice President Rahul
Gandhi should come up with "substantive arguments" to
criticise the government's Make In India programme rather than
ridiculing its logo. "Demagoguery may be good in election
campaigns, but when you are in Parliament, we expect you to come up
with concrete criticisms for which we will give reply. But to throw
something like this may amuse some members, but overall it just
projects the leader as not having gone into greater details,"
she told PTI. She was responding to the remarks of Gandhi who
ridiculed the lion logo of Make In India as Narendra Modi's "babbar
sher". The Congress VP during a debate in Parliament had made
fun of Modi's ambitious 'Make in India' programme, saying Prime
Minister has "created a babbar sher' (Asiatic Lion)" in
which "clock and wheels are seen moving". Sitharaman said
it was saddening that the vice president…

From
desi ghee to ladoos to pickles, Indian students prefer to pack home
made food items when they travel abroad for studies, says a
survey.The survey, done by the airline Virgin Atlantic, found
that 'ghar ka khana' (home made) such as ladoos, pickles, desi ghee
and spices were among the most preferred items carried by students
going to study overseas."Food is an important item that
students like to carry abroad. The most popular include mangoes,
instant noodles and ready to eat food packs. Food apparatus like roti
maker and other utensils are a must carry too," it said.Other
items that find their way into their luggages include bicycles,
folding mattresses, dumbbells, selfie sticks, ayurvedic medicines and
soft toys.The findings are based on a survey of about 200
students who travelled in Virgin Atlantic for studying overseas,
mostly in the US and the UK.

With
the stage set for International Yoga Day this Sunday, yoga asanas
were performed mid-air at 35,000 feet above the sea-level, arguably
the first time ever! The asanas called Upayoga or useful yoga were
performed as a trial-run aboard the Delhi-Guwahati and Guwahati-Delhi
flights of budget airline SpiceJet with over 180 passengers and crew.
The Gurgaon-based carrier has teamed up with Isha Foundation of
Sadhguru to conduct mid-air yoga sessions on its select Boeing
flights on Sunday, which is being observed as International Yoga Day.
Talking about the yogic postures demonstrated, Gita, a teacher with
the Isha Foundation said the session was designed to reduce stress
for passengers who travel long hours. "These are safe, simple
postures which can be done by anyone, and can be practiced anytime
and anywhere. They help in relieving stress accumulated in the upper
neck and spine region," Gita told PTI. The passengers on board,
who had no clue about the onboard yoga demonstrat…

Nearly
200 people on a Singapore Airlines flight had some scary moments when
both engines of the aircraft experienced a temporary loss of power
and had to descend 13,000 feet amid bad weather, prompting the
airline to launch a probe into the rare incident. The incident
occurred at 39,000 ft about 3.5 hours after Flight SQ836 bound for
Shanghai, operated by an Airbus A330- 300, left Changi Airport on
Saturday. "Both engines experienced a temporary loss of power
and the pilots followed operational procedures to restore normal
operation of the engines", the airline's spokesman said. The
flight with 182 passengers and 12-crew on board continued to
Shanghai, China and touched down safely at 10.56pm local time, he
added. The engines were thoroughly inspected and tested upon arrival
in Shanghai with no anomalies detected. SIA is reviewing the incident
with engine maker, Rolls-Royce and Airbus, according to Singapore's
Straits Times newspaper reported. Power loss in both eng…

Dubai,
which boasts of the world's highest tennis court, may also become
home to the first underwater tennis centre where spectators can watch
games from below or above the sea life through a massive glass dome.
Krzysztof Kotala, a Polish architect who owns a studio in Warsaw, is
currently seeking investment from local players to make the ambitious
project a reality. Interestingly, the proposed location for the
project (arguably one of the world's lowest tennis courts) is just
next door to the highest tennis court atop the Burj al Arab
skyscraper in Dubai. "There is not an investor but I would like
to get interest (from them) as I think it is a good idea,"
Kotala, 30, was quoted as saying by a local magazine. When asked why
he chose Dubai for his project, Kotala said the Gulf city had a rich
tradition of tennis. "This will be something original. This
should be somewhere where there is the tradition of tennis. Dubai is
perfect for this idea," he said. The in…